Mold for back frame and bracing piece, method for manufacturing back frame, and backlight system

ABSTRACT

A method for manufacturing a back frame of a flat panel display device comprises joining at least first and second primary assembling pieces to form a back frame, in which the first primary assembling piece has an end forming at least two joint sections, and each of the joint sections has a structure mating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the first primary assembling piece using one of the joint sections to join the corresponding end of the second primary assembling piece, the back frame further including a plurality of bracing pieces that is fixed to the primary assembling pieces; making a combination of bracing patterns of a bracing mold according to a mounting structure to be formed in the bracing pieces in order to form a corresponding mounting structure on the bracing pieces.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the field of displaying techniques, andin particular to a mold for back frame and bracing piece, a method formanufacturing back frame, and a backlight system.

2. The Related Arts

The state-of-the-art liquid crystal display device comprises a frontbezel, a panel, and a backlight module, of which the backlight modulecomprises a back frame, a reflector plate, a light guide, and a lightingassembly.

Currently, a variety of display panels of different sizes are availablein the market to meet different needs of general consumers. For example,in the field of television set, the sizes of liquid crystal panelsinclude 31.5, 42, 46, 48, and 55 inches. Different back frame molds areprovided for liquid crystal planes of different sizes.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a conventionalback frame of liquid crystal display device. As shown in FIG. 1, theconventional back frame 10 is a unitary back frame, and it is often thata unitary back frame 10 is made with metal stamping or plastic injectionmolding. The unitary back frame 10 consumes much material and has a highmaterial cost. Further, a large-sized back frame 10 requires large-sizedstamping equipment, and the size of mold corresponding to such a backframe 10 is large and the structure complicated, making the expenditureof the back frame mold high. As a consequence, the conventional backframe is of a high cost.

Thus, it is desired to provide a joined design of back frame and thejoined back frame comprises a plurality of bracing pieces to mount othercomponents of the liquid crystal display device, such as a circuitboard. The bracing pieces may be of shapes and structures that are notexactly identical. For example, FIG. 20 shows a bracing piece 2378 andthe bracing piece 2378 needs mounting structures a, c, and d. And, FIG.21 shows another bracing piece 2379 and the bracing piece 2379 needsmounting structures a, b, and d. These two bracing pieces must beseparately manufactured with two bracing molds and this increases thecost of bracing molds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical issue to be addressed by the present invention is toprovide a mold for back frame and bracing piece, a method formanufacturing back frame, and a backlight system, which help loweringthe material cost and mold cost.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a method for manufacturing a back frameof flat panel display device, which comprises joining at least first andsecond primary assembling pieces to form the back frame, wherein thefirst primary assembling piece has an end forming at least two jointsections, each of the joint sections having a structure mating an end ofthe second primary assembling piece, the first primary assembling pieceusing one of the joint sections to join the corresponding end of thesecond primary assembling piece, the back frame further comprising aplurality of bracing pieces that is fixed to the primary assemblingpieces; and

making a combination of bracing patterns of a bracing mold according toa mounting structure to be formed in the bracing pieces in order to forma corresponding mounting structure on the bracing pieces.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in thestep of making a combination of bracing patterns of a bracing moldaccording to a mounting structure to be formed in the bracing pieces inorder to form a corresponding mounting structure on the bracing pieces,the bracing mold comprises removable first bracing pattern and secondbracing pattern, wherein removal of the second bracing pattern allows offormation of a first mounting structure on the bracing pieces; removalof the first bracing pattern allows of formation of a second mountingstructure on the bracing pieces; and removing none of the first andsecond bracing patterns allows of formation of the first and secondmounting structures on the bracing pieces.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in thestep of making a combination of bracing patterns of a bracing moldaccording to a mounting structure to be formed in the bracing pieces inorder to form a corresponding mounting structure on the bracing pieces,the mold further comprises a third removable bracing pattern, whereinremoval of the first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern, or thethird bracing pattern allow of formation one of a first mountingstructure/a second mounting structure/a third mounting structure/firstand second mounting structures/first and third mountingstructures/second and third mounting structures on the bracing pieces.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, themounting structure comprises a combination of a bump, a protrusion, arecess, a through hole, a through slot, a threaded hole, and a fastener.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a bracing mold for manufacturing a backframe of flat panel display device, the back frame comprises at leastfirst and second primary assembling pieces, in which the first primaryassembling piece has an end forming at least two joint sections, each ofthe joint sections having a structure mating an end of the secondprimary assembling piece, the first primary assembling piece using oneof the joint sections to join the corresponding end of the secondprimary assembling piece, the back frame further comprising a bracingpiece fixed to the primary assembling pieces, the bracing mold beingprovided with removable bracing patterns for forming at least twomounting structures on the bracing piece, whereby through a combinationof the bracing patterns, a corresponding mounting structure is formed onthe bracing piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thebracing mold comprises removable first bracing pattern and secondbracing pattern, wherein removal of the second bracing pattern allows offormation of a first mounting structure on the bracing piece; removal ofthe first bracing pattern allows of formation of a second mountingstructure on the bracing piece; and removing none of the first andsecond bracing patterns allows of formation of the first and secondmounting structures on the bracing piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the moldfurther comprises a third removable bracing pattern, wherein removal ofthe first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern, or the thirdbracing pattern allow of formation one of a first mounting structure/asecond mounting structure/a third mounting structure/first and secondmounting structures/first and third mounting structures/second and thirdmounting structures on the bracing piece.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a mold for making a back frame of flatpanel display device. The mold comprises a main pattern for forming aprimary assembling piece of the back frame and the main patterncomprises a sub-pattern that forms at least two joint sections on an endof the primary assembling piece.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a method for making a back frame offlat panel display device, which comprises manufacturing at least firstand second primary assembling pieces, in which the first primaryassembling piece has an end forming at least two joint sections, each ofthe joint sections having a structure that mates a corresponding end ofthe second primary assembling piece; and selecting one joint section ofthe at least two joint sections according to a size of the back frame tojoin the corresponding end of the second primary assembling piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when anadditional joint section is present between joining location of thesecond primary assembling piece and the end of the first primaryassembling piece, before or after the step of selecting one jointsection of the at least two joint sections according to a size of theback frame to join the corresponding end of the second primaryassembling piece, the additional joint section of the first primaryassembling piece that is located outward of the joining position of thesecond primary assembling piece is trimmed off.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a backlight system, which comprises alight source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; andthe back frame carries the light source and the light homogenizationmechanism, the back frame being any of the back frames described above.

The efficacy of the present invention is that to be distinguished fromthe state of the art, the present invention provides a back frame, amold for back frame, a method for manufacturing back frame, and abacklight system that use at least two primary assembling pieces ofwhich a first primary assembling piece forms at least two joint sectionsand the first primary assembling piece uses one of the joint sections tojoin a corresponding end of a second primary assembling piece so as tomake a mold for back frame having a simple structure, reduce theexpenditure of the back frame mold, and also save the material used forback frame so as to lower down the manufacturing cost of flat paneldisplay device. Further, the method for making a back frame of flatpanel display device of the present invention makes a combination ofbracing patterns of bracing mold that are required for forming amounting structure on a bracing piece in order to form a correspondingmounting structure on the bracing piece so as to provide a bracing moldthat can be used to manufacture a plurality of bracing pieces, reducethe bracing mold, increase the utilization rate of the bracing mold, andlower down the cost of the bracing mold.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a conventional back frame of liquidcrystal display device;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a flat panel display device accordingto a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a flat paneldisplay device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a diagonally-arranged first secondaryassembling piece mounted to a main frame structure of a flat paneldisplay device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a first secondary assembling pieceand a second secondary assembling piece mounted to a main framestructure of a flat panel display device according to a seventhembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing joint sections of a back frame of aflat panel display device according to an eighth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a first example of jointsection of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to aninth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to atenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to aneleventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a joint section of a back frame of aflat panel display device according to a twelfth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing a joint section of a back frame of aflat panel display device according to a thirteenth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a back frameof a flat panel display device according to a fourteenth embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view showing a flat panel display device with atouch screen according to a fifteenth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic view showing a stereoscopic display deviceaccording to a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a schematic view showing a plasma display device according toa seventeenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view showing a bracing piece of back framestructure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view showing another bracing piece of back framestructure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 22 is a schematic view showing a bracing mold according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23 is a schematic view illustrating a method for manufacturing thebracing piece shown in FIG. 20 according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention; and

FIG. 24 is a schematic view illustrating a method for manufacturing ofthe bracing piece shown in FIG. 21 according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 2-3, FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a flat paneldisplay device according to a first embodiment of the present inventionand FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat paneldisplay device according to a second embodiment of the presentinvention. As shown in FIG. 2, the flat panel display device 20according to the instant embodiment comprises: a backlight system 21 anda display panel 22. The backlight system 21 is arranged on a back sideof the display panel 22 and supplies light to the display panel 22.

In the instant embodiment, the backlight system 21 comprises a lightsource 25, a light homogenization mechanism 24, and a back frame 23. Theback frame 23 carries the light source 25 and the light homogenizationmechanism 24. When the backlight system 21 is an edge lighting type, thelight homogenization mechanism 24 is a light guide; and when thebacklight system 21 is a direct type, the light homogenization mechanism24 is a diffuser plate. The back frame 23 comprises at least a firstprimary assembling piece and a second primary assembling piece, and thetwo of at least first and second primary assembling pieces constitute amain frame structure 27 of the back frame 23.

Referring also to FIG. 3, the back frame 23 of the first embodimentcomprises a first primary assembling piece 261 and a second primaryassembling piece 262. The first primary assembling piece 261 has an endjoined to an end of the second primary assembling piece 262, and thefirst primary assembling piece 261 has another end joined to another endof the second primary assembling piece 262 in order to form the mainframe structure 27 of the back frame 23. The first primary assemblingpiece 261 and the second primary assembling piece 262 are both aluminumpieces or galvanized steel pieces. In the instant embodiment, the firstprimary assembling piece 261 and the second primary assembling piece 262are L-shaped.

Referring also to FIG. 4, the back frame 23 of a second embodimentcomprises a first primary assembling piece 281, a second primaryassembling piece 282, and a third primary assembling piece 283. Thethree primary assembling pieces 281, 282, and 283 are assembled andjoined to form a main frame structure 27 of the back frame 23. The threeprimary assembling pieces 281, 282, and 283 are all aluminum pieces orgalvanized steel pieces. In the instant embodiment, the first primaryassembling piece 281 is L-shaped, and the second and third primaryassembling pieces 282, 283 are straight linear.

Further, the back frame 23 further comprises secondary assembling piecesarranged inside and joined to the main frame structure 27.

A detailed description will be given to the back frame 23 of the flatpanel display device 20 according to the present invention, whichcomprises four primary assembling pieces and two secondary assemblingpieces.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a back frame offlat panel display device according to a fourth embodiment of thepresent invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in the instant embodiment, a backframe 23 comprises: a first primary assembling piece 231, a secondprimary assembling piece 232, a third primary assembling piece 233, afourth primary assembling piece 234, a first secondary assembling piece235, a second secondary assembling piece 236, and bracing pieces 2371,2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377. The first primary assemblingpiece 231, the second primary assembling piece 232, the third primaryassembling piece 233, and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 arejoined to each other in a leading end-to-tailing end manner toconstitute a rectangular main frame structure 27 of the back frame 23.The first secondary assembling piece 235 and the second secondaryassembling piece 236, serving as ancillary assembling pieces, arearranged in the main frame structure 27 and joined to the main framestructure 27.

Specifically, an end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is joinedto an end of the second primary assembling piece 232, another end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 is joined to an end of the thirdprimary assembling piece 233, another end of the third primaryassembling piece 233 is joined to an end of the fourth primaryassembling piece 234, and another end of the fourth primary assemblingpiece 234 is joined to another end of the first primary assembling piece231 in order to form the rectangular main frame structure 27. The firstprimary assembling piece 231, the second primary assembling piece 232,the third primary assembling piece 233, and the fourth primaryassembling piece 234 are all aluminum pieces or galvanized steel pieces.In the instant embodiment, the first primary assembling piece 231, thesecond primary assembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece233, and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 are straight linear,yet in other embodiments, it is apparent to those skilled in the art tomake all the first primary assembling piece 231, the second primaryassembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233, and thefourth primary assembling piece 234 L-shaped, or some being straightlinear and the remaining being L-shaped. For example, in FIG. 3, thefirst primary assembling piece 261 and the second primary assemblingpiece 262 are both L-shaped; in FIG. 4, the first primary assemblingpiece 281 is L-shaped, while the second and third primary assemblingpieces 282 and 283 are straight linear.

In the instant embodiment, the back frame 23 of the flat panel displaydevice 20 is formed by joining connection. As shown in FIG. 6, anillustrative example is given for the connection of an end of the firstprimary assembling piece 231 to an end of the second primary assemblingpiece 232, wherein the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 isjoined to the end of the first primary assembling piece 231 by means offor example screwing, fastening, or welding, to have the end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 connected to the end of the firstprimary assembling piece 231.

In the instant embodiment, the first secondary assembling piece 235 andthe second secondary assembling piece 236 are arranged in the main framestructure 27 of the back frame 23. An end of the first secondaryassembling piece 235 is joined to the first primary assembling piece 231and another end of the first secondary assembling piece 235 is joined tothe third primary assembling piece 233; and an end of the secondsecondary assembling piece 236 is joined to the first primary assemblingpiece 231 and another end of the second secondary assembling piece 236is joined to the third primary assembling piece 233. Further, the secondprimary assembling piece 232, the fourth primary assembling piece 234,the first secondary assembling piece 235, and the second secondaryassembling piece 236 are arranged parallel to each other. In otherembodiments, those skilled in the art may arrange at least one secondaryassembling piece in the main frame structure 27. For example, only thefirst secondary assembling piece 235 is arranged in the main framestructure 27. Further, the two ends of the first secondary assemblingpiece 235 can be selectively joined to at least two of the primaryassembling pieces of the first primary assembling piece 231, the secondprimary assembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233,and the fourth primary assembling piece 234. For example, the firstsecondary assembling piece 235 is set diagonally in the main framestructure 27, as shown in FIG. 7. Similarly, the two ends of the secondsecondary assembling piece 236 can be selectively joined to at least twoof the primary assembling pieces of the first primary assembling piece231, the second primary assembling piece 232, the third primaryassembling piece 233, and the fourth primary assembling piece 234. Forexample, the two ends of the first secondary assembling piece 235 arerespectively joined to the first primary assembling piece 231 and thesecond primary assembling piece 232 that are adjacent to each other andthe two ends of the second secondary assembling piece 236 arerespectively joined the third primary assembling piece 233 and thefourth primary assembling piece 234 that are adjacent to each other, asshown in FIG. 8.

In the instant embodiment, the back frame 23 comprises seven bracingpieces 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377. The bracing piece2371 is fixed to the fourth primary assembling piece 234; the bracingpieces 2372, 2373 are both fixed to the first secondary assembling piece235; the bracing piece 2374 is fixed to the second secondary assemblingpiece 236; the bracing piece 2375 is fixed to the second primaryassembling piece 232; and the bracing pieces 2376, 2377 are each fixed,at two ends thereof, to the first secondary assembling piece 235 and thesecond secondary assembling piece 236. In practice, the bracing piecescan be fixed to one or more of the first primary assembling piece 231,the second primary assembling piece 232, the third primary assemblingpiece 233, the fourth primary assembling piece 234, the first secondaryassembling piece 235, and the second secondary assembling piece 236. Inother embodiments, those skilled in the art may mount bracing pieces ofany other numbers to the back frame 23, such as one or more bracingpieces. Further, the bracing pieces can be releasably fixed to one ormore of the first primary assembling piece 231, the second primaryassembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233, the fourthprimary assembling piece 234, the first secondary assembling piece 235,and the second secondary assembling piece 236.

The bracing pieces 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377 may beprovided with mounting structures, such as bumps (not labeled), so thatthe back frame 23 may fix components, such as circuit boards, with suchbumps.

Referring to FIGS. 22-24, FIG. 22 is a schematic view showing a bracingmold according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.23 is a schematic view illustrating a method for manufacturing a bracingpiece shown in FIG. 20 according to a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention; and FIG. 24 is a schematic view illustrating a methodfor manufacturing of the bracing piece shown in FIG. 21 according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 22-24,a mold 2380 comprises a removable bracing patterns that are used to formmounting structures a, b, c, and d (such as a punch for punching holesin the bracing pieces 2378, 2379), whereby removal of the bracingpattern b allow it to form mounting structures a, c, and d on thebracing piece 2378 and removal of the bracing pattern c allows formingmounting structures a, b, and d on the bracing piece 2378.

It is apparent that FIGS. 22-24 only illustrate a simplified situationof the method for manufacturing a back frame of flat panel displaydevice. Those skilled in the art may easily appreciate from the abovedescription, together with the attached drawings, that in such a method,the bracing patterns are arranged in the bracing mold in a combinationaccording to the mounting structures to be formed for the bracingpieces, in order to form corresponding mounting structures on thebracing pieces.

For example, in a simplified situation, the bracing mold comprises afirst bracing pattern and a second bracing pattern that are removable.Removal of the second bracing pattern allows a first mounting structureto be formed on a bracing piece; removal of the first bracing patternallows a second mounting structure to be formed on a bracing piece; andremoving none of the first bracing and the second bracing allows formingfirst and second mounting structures on a bracing piece.

Further, the mold may be provided with a third removable bracingpattern, whereby removing the first bracing pattern, the second bracingpattern, or the third bracing pattern may form one of a first mountingstructure/a second mounting structure/a third mounting structure/firstand second mounting structures/first and third mountingstructures/second and third mounting structures on a bracing piece.

Specifically, the mounting structure can be any combination of a bump, aprotrusion, a recess, a through hole, a through slot, a threaded hole,and a fastener.

The method for manufacturing a back frame of flat panel display deviceuses combination of bracing patterns to form a corresponding mountingstructure on a bracing piece so as to allow a single mold to be used tomanufacture a plurality of bracing pieces thereby reducing mold,increasing the utilization rate of mold, and reducing the expenditure ofbracing mold.

Further, the present invention also provides a bracing mold for making aback frame of flat panel display device. The bracing mold is providedwith removable bracing patterns for forming at least two mountingstructures on bracing pieces. As shown in FIG. 22, a bracing mold 2380is provided with removable punches a, b, c, and d for forming throughholes a, b, c, and d in a bracing piece. Through a combination of thebracing patterns, a corresponding mounting structure can be formed on abracing piece.

Molds for making the back frame 23 will be described. In the instantembodiment, the first primary assembling piece 231 and the third primaryassembling piece 233 are of the same size and shape so that they can bemade by stamping with the same mold. The second primary assembling piece232, the fourth primary assembling piece 234, the first secondaryassembling piece 235, and the second secondary assembling piece 236 areof the same size and shape so that they can be made by stamping with thesame mold, making it possible to share the mold. Thus, the back frame 23of the present invention can be made by stamping with only twosmall-sized molds, and compared to the conventional back frame 10 thatrequires a large-sized mold, the molds for making the back frame 23 ofthe present invention are simple in structure and small in size and thusthe cost of mold for the back frame 23 can be lowered. Further, comparedto the whole back frame structure of the conventional back frame 10, theback frame 23 of the present invention can significantly save materialused and thus reduce the manufacturing cost of the flat panel displaydevice 20.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing joint sectionsof a back frame of a flat panel display device according to an eighthembodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, in the instantembodiment, an end of the first primary assembling piece is providedwith two joint sections, and the joint sections have a structure matingan end of the second primary assembling piece so that the first primaryassembling piece can be joined to a corresponding end of the secondprimary assembling piece.

Specifically, the first primary assembling piece 231 has an end formingjoint sections 2311, 2312, and the joint sections 2311, 2312 arearranged in a spaced manner in a lengthwise direction of the firstprimary assembling piece 231. The joint sections 2311, 2312 are formedby forming recesses having a shape mating an end of the second primaryassembling piece 232 in the first primary assembling piece 231 in orderto receive the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 therein.As shown in FIG. 10, the joint sections 2311, 2312 are recesses that donot extend through opposite surfaces of the end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 and the recesses are of a rectangular shape withthe second primary assembling piece 232 being straight linear.

To assemble a large-sized back frame 23, the joint section 2311 that isclose to the very end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is firsttaken and a second primary assembling piece 232 having a correspondingwidth is selected. Afterwards, an end of the second primary assemblingpiece 232 is positioned in the recess of the joint section 2311. Andthen, means, such as screwing, fastening, or welding, is applied to joinand fix the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 to the jointsection 2311. To assemble a small-sized back frame 23, the joint section2312 that is distant from the very end of the first primary assemblingpiece 231 is first chosen and a second primary assembling piece 232having a corresponding width is selected. Afterwards, an end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 is positioned in the recess of thejoint section 2312. And then, means, such as screwing, fastening, orwelding, is applied to join and fix the end of the second primaryassembling piece 232 to the joint section 2312. Specifically, forexample the second primary assembling piece 232 forms a protrusion at acorresponding location on a surface thereof, and the protrusion of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 is embedded in the recess the firstprimary assembling piece 231 at a corresponding location in order tojoin the first primary assembling piece 231 and the second primaryassembling piece 232, as shown in FIG. 11. Further, the second primaryassembling piece 232 may form, on one end thereof, at least twoprotrusions that are spaced in the lengthwise direction of the secondprimary assembling piece 232, such as two, three, or four protrusions.

Furthermore, the recess of the first primary assembling piece 231 can bea recess of a multi-stepped configuration and the second primaryassembling piece 232 forms, at a corresponding location, a protrusionhaving a multi-stepped configuration corresponding to the recess, asshown in FIG. 12. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, taking the joint section2311 as an example, the recess of the first primary assembling piece 231forms, in a bottom thereof, a first through hole 2313, and the secondprimary assembling piece 232 forms, at a location corresponding to thejoint section 2311, a second through hole 2321. The back frame 23further comprises a fastener 240. The fastener 240 extends through thefirst through hole 2313 and the second through hole 2321 to joint thefirst primary assembling piece 231 and the second primary assemblingpiece 232 to each other.

As shown in FIG. 14, in another embodiment of the back frame of flatpanel display device according to the present invention, the recesses ofthe joint sections 2311, 2312 of the first primary assembling piece 231are of a circular shape. Yet, in other embodiments, those skilled in theart may arrange the shape of the recesses to be other polygonalconfigurations, such as triangle.

As shown in FIG. 15, in another embodiment of the back frame of flatpanel display device according to the present invention, the jointsections 2311, 2312 are recesses that do not extend through oppositesurfaces of the first primary assembling piece 231, whereby an end ofthe second primary assembling piece 232 is movable within the jointsections 2311, 2312. For example, after the end of the second primaryassembling piece 232 is set extending beyond and joined and fixed to thejoint section 2312, the portion of extension is then trimmed off so thatthe length of the second primary assembling piece 232 that serves as aprimary assembling piece of the back frame can be adjusted.

In a practical application, the other end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 and both ends of the third primary assembling piece233 are all provided with two joint sections having a structureidentical to that of the joint sections 2311, 2312. The ends of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 and the ends of the fourth primaryassembling piece 234 may be subjected to specific designs or no designat all according to the application. For example:

(1) In a first situation, as shown in FIG. 10, the two ends of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 and the two ends of the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 are of no specific design. In other words,the ends are of the same structure as the remaining portions. Under thiscondition, in making a join with a selected joint section 2311 (2312) atone end of the first primary assembling piece 231 (the same applicableto the other end), if an attempt is made to change the width of the backframe 23, then the length of the corresponding second primary assemblingpiece 232 and fourth primary assembling piece 234 must be selectedaccordingly. Namely, if the joint section 2311 that is close to the veryend of the first primary assembling piece 231 is selected for joining,then no trimming is applied to the second primary assembling piece 232and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 or the portion that istrimmed off is short; if the joint section 2312 that is distant from thevery end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is selected forjoining, then the second primary assembling piece 232 and the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 are trimmed and the trimmed portion beinglong or short is according to the distance that the joint section isfrom the very end of the first primary assembling piece 231 being greator small; and

(2) In a second situation, it is similar to the first situation, but asshown in FIG. 11, the second primary assembling piece 232 and the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 use different protrusions to respectivelymate the first primary assembling piece 231 and the third primaryassembling piece 233 in order to realize change of width of the backframe 23; similarly, if a joint section 2312 other than the first jointsection 2311 that is close to the very end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 is selected for joining, then before or afterjoining, excessive portions of the second primary assembling piece 232and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 may be trimmed off.

This also applicable to a main frame structure 27 of the back frame 23that is formed by joining two L-shaped primary assembling pieces.

In summary, the present invention provides a back frame 23 having afirst primary assembling piece that is provided with at least two jointsections. The number of the joint section can be selected according tothe requirement of customers. In the instant embodiment, a descriptionis given to an example comprising two joint sections 2311, 2312. Thus,to prepare the molds for making the back frame 23, only two sets of moldare needed, namely one mold for a first primary assembling piece and theother mold for a second primary assembling piece. The first primaryassembling piece may be provided with a plurality of joint sections forjoining operation in order to form various sizes for the back frame 23.To assemble the back frame 23, based on the desired size of the backframe 23, the corresponding one of the joint sections is selected. Withthe joint section, the second primary assembling piece is joined to thejoint section of the first primary assembling piece and the other jointsection of the first primary assembling piece that is located outward ofthe joining location of the second primary assembling piece is trimmedoff to obtain a desired size of the back frame 23. Compared to theconventional technology that requires different back frame molds formaking different sizes of back frame 10, the back frame of the flatpanel display device 23 according to the present invention requires onlya mold for the first primary assembling piece and a mold for the secondprimary assembling piece 28 so that mold sharing among various sizes ofproduct can be realized and the molds used are of simple structures,allowing of reduction of expenditure of the molds for back frames.

The present invention also provides a mold for making a back frame offlat panel display device. The back frame mold is provided with a mainpattern for forming a primary assembling piece of the back frame and themain pattern comprises a sub-pattern that forms at least two jointsections on an end of the primary assembling piece. The primaryassembling piece comprises the previously discussed first primaryassembling piece and second primary assembling piece, corresponding tothe above mentioned main pattern; and the joint section comprises thepreviously discussed joint section of the first primary assemblingpiece, corresponding to the above mentioned sub-pattern. Repeateddescription is omitted herein.

As shown in FIG. 16, the present invention also provides a method formaking a back frame of flat panel display device. The method comprisesthe following steps:

Step 501: manufacturing at least first and second primary assemblingpieces, in which the first primary assembling piece has an end formingat least two joint sections, each of the joint sections having astructure that mates a corresponding end of the second primaryassembling piece; and

Step 502: selecting one joint section of the at least two joint sectionsaccording to a size of the back frame to join the corresponding end ofthe second primary assembling piece.

In the instant embodiment, when other joint sections are present betweenthe joining location of the second primary assembling piece and the endof the first primary assembling piece, before or after the step ofselecting one joint section of the at least two joint sections accordingto a size of the back frame to join the corresponding end of the secondprimary assembling piece, the other joint sections of the first primaryassembling piece that are located outward of the joining position of thesecond primary assembling piece are trimmed off. The first primaryassembling piece comprises the previously discussed first primaryassembling piece, and the second primary assembling piece comprises thepreviously discussed second primary assembling piece, and repeateddescription will be omitted herein.

As shown in FIG. 17, the flat panel display device 20 of the presentinvention further comprises a touch screen 29. The touch screen 29 isarranged on a light exit surface of the display panel 22 of the flatpanel display device 20. The flat panel display device 20 comprises: thebacklight system 21 and the above discussed display panel 22. Thebacklight system 21 is arranged at the back side of the display panel 22and supplies light to the display panel 22.

The backlight system 21 comprises a light source 25, a lighthomogenization mechanism 24, and a back frame 23. The back frame 23carries the light source 25 and the light homogenization mechanism 24.When the backlight system 21 is an edge lighting type, the lighthomogenization mechanism 24 is a light guide; and when the backlightsystem 21 is a direct type, the light homogenization mechanism 24 is adiffuser plate. The back frame 23 comprises at least a first primaryassembling piece and a second primary assembling piece, and the at leastone first and second primary assembling pieces constitute a main framestructure 27 of the back frame 23.

It is apparent that the backlight system 21 can be of a structure of anyone of the previously discussed embodiments of the backlight system.

It is noted that the flat panel display device 20 of the presentinvention can be a liquid crystal display device or a liquid crystaltelevision.

The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device 30, asshown in FIG. 18. The stereoscopic display device 30 comprises a liquidcrystal lens grating 31, a backlight system 32, and a display panel 33.The liquid crystal lens grating 31 is arranged on a light exit surfaceof the display panel 33. The backlight system 32 can be a backlightsystem of one of the above discussed embodiments, such as the backlightsystem 32 comprising the back frame 23. The back frame 23 comprises atleast first primary assembling piece and the second primary assemblingpiece. The at least first and second primary assembling pieces form amain frame structure of the back frame. The backlight system 32 can beof a structure of any of the previously discussed embodiments ofbacklight system and repeated description will be omitted herein.

The present invention also provides a plasma display device 40, as shownin FIG. 19. The plasma display device 40 comprises a plasma displaypanel 41 and a back frame 42. The back frame 42 is arranged at a backside of the display panel 41. The back frame 42 can be the back frame ofany of the previously discussed embodiments and repeated descriptionwill be omitted herein.

With the above discussed manners, the present invention provides a flatpanel display device, a stereoscopic display device, and a plasmadisplay device that have a mold for back frame that is of a simplestructure and can reduce the expenditure for mold of back frame, and canalso save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the costof flat panel display device.

Embodiments of the present invention have been described, but are notintending to impose any undue constraint to the appended claims of thepresent invention. Any modification of equivalent structure orequivalent process made according to the disclosure and drawings of thepresent invention, or any application thereof, directly or indirectly,to other related fields of technique, is considered encompassed in thescope of protection defined by the claims of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for manufacturing a back frame of a flatpanel display device, wherein: joining at least first and second primaryassembling pieces to form the back frame, wherein the first primaryassembling piece and the second primary assembling piece are assemblingpieces of the periphery of the back frame to determine a size of theback frame, the first primary assembling piece has an end forming atleast two joint sections, each of the joint sections having a structuremating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the correspondingend of the second primary assembling piece being selectively jointed toone of the at least two joint sections of the first primary assemblingpiece, and other joint sections of the first primary assembling piecebeing idle and without jointing with any piece such that the secondprimary assembling piece is connected to the first primary assemblingpiece in a position-adjustable manner and the size of the back frame isadjustable, the back frame further comprising a plurality of bracingpieces that is fixed to the primary assembling pieces; and makingcombinations of bracing patterns of a bracing mold according to mountingstructures of the bracing pieces in order to form the bracing pieceswith corresponding mounting structures respectively, the bracing moldbeing a mold for manufacturing the bracing pieces.
 2. The method asclaimed in claim 1, wherein: in the step of making combinations ofbracing patterns of a bracing mold according to mounting structures ofthe bracing pieces in order to form the bracing pieces with thecorresponding mounting structures respectively, the bracing moldcomprises a removable first bracing pattern and second bracing pattern,wherein when the second bracing pattern is removed from the bracingmold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieces with a firstmounting structure formed thereon; when the first bracing pattern isremoved from the bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracingpieces with a second mounting structure formed thereon; and when thefirst bracing pattern and the second bracing pattern are both kept inthe bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieces withthe first mounting structure and the second mounting structure formedthereon; and the first bracing pattern and the second bracing patterncorrespond to the first mounting structure and the second mountingstructure respectively.
 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein: inthe step of making combinations of bracing patterns of a bracing moldaccording to mounting structures of the bracing pieces in order to formthe bracing pieces with the corresponding mounting structuresrespectively, the bracing mold further comprises a third removablebracing pattern, wherein when the first bracing pattern is removed fromthe bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieces withthe second mounting structure and a third mounting structure formedthereon; when the second bracing pattern is removed from the bracingmold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieces with the firstmounting structure and the third mounting structure formed thereon; whenthe third bracing pattern is removed from the bracing mold, the bracingmold manufactures the bracing pieces with the first mounting structureand the second mounting structure formed thereon; when the first bracingpattern and the second bracing pattern are removed from the bracingmold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieces with the thirdmounting structure formed thereon; when the first bracing pattern andthe third bracing pattern are removed from the bracing mold, the bracingmold manufactures the bracing pieces with the second mounting structureformed thereon; when the second bracing pattern and the third bracingpattern are removed from the bracing mold, the bracing mold manufacturesthe bracing pieces with the first mounting structure formed thereon;when the first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern and the thirdbracing pattern are all kept in the bracing mold, the bracing moldmanufactures the bracing pieces with the first mounting structure, thesecond mounting structure and the third mounting structure formedthereon; and the first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern andthe third bracing pattern correspond to the first mounting structure,the second mounting structure and the third mounting structurerespectively.
 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the mountingstructures comprise any one or any combination of a bump, a protrusion,a recess, a through hole, a through slot, a threaded hole, and afastener.
 5. A bracing mold for manufacturing a back frame of a flatpanel display device, wherein: the back frame comprises at least firstand second primary assembling pieces, in which the first primaryassembling piece and the second primary assembling piece are assemblingpieces of the periphery of the back frame to determine a size of theback frame, the first primary assembling piece has an end forming atleast two joint sections, each of the joint sections having a structuremating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the correspondingend of the second primary assembling piece being selectively jointed toone of the at least two joint sections of the first primary assemblingpiece, and other joint sections of the first primary assembling piecebeing idle and without jointing with any piece such that the secondprimary assembling piece is connected to the first primary assemblingpiece in a position-adjustable manner and the size of the back frame isadjustable, the back frame further comprising a bracing piece fixed tothe primary assembling pieces, the bracing mold being provided with atleast two removable bracing patterns for forming mounting structures onthe bracing piece, whereby through a combination of the bracingpatterns, a corresponding mounting structure is formed on the bracingpiece, the bracing mold being a mold for manufacturing the bracingpiece.
 6. The bracing mold as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the bracingmold comprises removable first bracing pattern and second bracingpattern, wherein when the second bracing pattern is removed from thebracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing piece with afirst mounting structure formed thereon; when the first bracing patternis removed from the bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures thebracing piece with a second mounting structure formed thereon; and whenthe first bracing pattern and the second bracing pattern are both keptin the bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing pieceswith the first mounting structure and the second mounting structureformed thereon; and the first bracing pattern and the second bracingpattern correspond to the first mounting structure and the secondmounting structure respectively.
 7. The bracing mold as claimed in claim6, wherein: the mold further comprises a third removable bracingpattern, wherein when the first bracing pattern is removed from thebracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures the bracing piece with thesecond mounting structure and a third mounting structure formed thereon;when the second bracing pattern is removed from the bracing mold, thebracing mold manufactures the bracing piece with the first mountingstructure and the third mounting structure formed thereon; when thethird bracing pattern is removed from the bracing mold, the bracing moldmanufactures the bracing piece with the first mounting structure and thesecond mounting structure formed thereon; when the first bracing patternand the second bracing pattern are removed from the bracing mold, thebracing mold manufactures the bracing piece with the third mountingstructure formed thereon; when the first bracing pattern and the thirdbracing pattern are removed from the bracing mold, the bracing moldmanufactures the bracing piece with the second mounting structure formedthereon; when the second bracing pattern and the third bracing patternare removed from the bracing mold, the bracing mold manufactures thebracing pieces with the first mounting structure formed thereon; whenthe first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern and the thirdbracing pattern are all kept in the bracing mold, the bracing moldmanufactures the bracing piece with the first mounting structure, thesecond mounting structure and the third mounting structure formedthereon; and the first bracing pattern, the second bracing pattern andthe third bracing pattern correspond to the first mounting structure,the second mounting structure and the third mounting structurerespectively.
 8. The bracing mold as claimed in claim 5, wherein: themounting structures comprise any one or any combination of a bump, aprotrusion, a recess, a through hole, a through slot, a threaded hole,and a fastener.